ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has a Hollywood elitist problem. In his Tuesday monologue, Kimmel discussed the news that Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin has become the new Secretary of Homeland Security, but according to Kimmel, Mullin is not qualified for the job because in his pre-congressional life, he was a plumber.
Kimmel began with what has become common for the late night comedians: a jab at Mullin’s name, “Trump's got a whole new generation of thinkers lined up, including his newly confirmed secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne ‘Chuck Mike Bruce Dave’ Melon—Mullin. Maybe melon's better. He's the now former senator of Oklahoma. Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber.”
Jimmy Kimmel doesn't think Markwayne Mullin is qualified to be the Secretary of Homeland Security because he used to be plumber, "Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber. That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from… pic.twitter.com/KT81mBIUOV
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He continued, “That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. It worked for Super Mario. Why not Markwayne? But honestly—I mean, if Trump is going to keep picking these unqualified people to run the department, why not have more fun with it? I mean, next time instead of Markwayne, how about Lil Wayne for Homeland Security? At least we can get a concert out of it, right? Mullin is replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted three weeks ago and will never be seen again.”
Of course, Trump didn’t just pick a random plumber off the street and put him in charge of a large governmental department. Before getting elected to Congress, Mullin also ran the family plumbing business and turned it into the largest in Oklahoma. And as Kimmel was forced to acknowledge, Mullin was a senator, and that means he has been forced to familiarize himself with DHS-related issues.
Here is a transcript for the March 24 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3/24/2026
11:43 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: Rudy Giuliani might not be with us much longer, but don't worry. Trump's got a whole new generation of thinkers lined up, including his newly confirmed secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne “Chuck Mike Bruce Dave” Melon—Mullin. Maybe melon's better. He's the now former senator of Oklahoma. Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber.
That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. It worked for Super Mario. Why not Markwayne? But honestly—I mean, if Trump is going to keep picking these unqualified people to run the department, why not have more fun with it? I mean, next time instead of Markwayne, how about Lil Wayne for Homeland Security? At least we can get a concert out of it, right? Mullin is replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted three weeks ago and will never be seen again.
